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Jake Gold (Born April 4, 1958 in New Jersey) is a Canadian musician manager. He is a judge on the Canadian Idol television program. In addition to Idol participants, he has also managed popular Canadian artists like The Tragically Hip, The Watchmen and Gord Downie. He is married to Leesa Butler, creator of the Fuck List.

Katie Ledecky went to sleep late the night before her 800-meter freestyle final, waiting on roommate and fellow gold medal-winner Simone Manuel to get back to their room so Ledecky could congratulate her on the win.

On the spectrum of currency ideologues, gold bugs and Bitcoin enthusiasts occupy equal but opposite positions. They’re both suspicious that governments are going to meddle around with normal money so much that it becomes useless -- it’s just that one...

Something unexpected happened when scientists at the University of California, Riverside, started stringing together nanoparticles of gold. The gold wasn't golden anymore. It changed colors. "When we see these gold particles aggregate, we find out ...

The "Saddle Ridge Treasure" is what many are calling the now-historic discovery of $10 million worth of gold coins buried in decaying tin cans on the property of one very lucky -- and anonymous -- California couple. These 1,427 Liberty head coins wer...

While walking their dog, a couple from Northern California struck gold -- literally. Last spring, the anonymous couple dug up rusty tin cans with 1,427 gold coins, dating from 1847 to 1894. Nearly every coin was in mint condition and has never been c...

Apple and Samsung may have gold-colored smartphones but HTC has upped the ante with phones plated in actual gold. Back in October, HTC UK released five limited edition 18-karat-gold plated HTC One devices, selling for £2,750 ($4,416). Now, HTC USA is...

After launching a limited edition HTC One made from 18-carat gold, HTC has revealed a more affordable HTC One variant with a gold finish. The gold HTC One has the same specifications as the original device: A 4.7-inch 1080p screen, a quad-core Snapdr...

Sure, you can get the iPhone 5S or the Samsung Galaxy S4 in gold colors, but HTC UK has one-upped them all with an HTC One made of real gold. The Gold HTC One comes as a very limited edition -- only five of them will be produced -- and with a hefty p...

If you have a spare $15 million, this gold- and diamond-encrusted iPhone 5 could be yours. The handset, which is inlaid with 600 flawless white diamonds and includes a gold-plated antenna and back panel, was crafted by the Liverpool, England-based St...

We've seen many expensive gadget makeovers, but this one probably takes the cake for being over the top: An iPad 2 dressed in gold, diamonds and bones of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex. Stuart Hughes's iPad 2 Gold History Edition, as this ul...

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